http://magictour.free.fr/zaf2i.GIFhttp://magictour.free.fr/hospgt.GIFnicd-files :
https://www.nicd.ac.za/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/reports :
https://www.nicd.ac.za/diseases-a-z-index/disease-index-covid-19/surveillance-reports/covid-19-special-reports/daily hosp.:
https://www.nicd.ac.za/diseases-a-z-index/disease-index-covid-19/surveillance-reports/daily-hospital-surveillance-datcov-report/daily :
https://www.nicd.ac.za/latest-confirmed-cases-of-covid-19-in-south-africa-5-december-2021/https://www.nicd.ac.za/diseases-a-z-index/disease-index-covid-19/surveillance-reports/national-covid-19-daily-report/dashboard :
https://gis.nicd.ac.za/portal/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/15eb33988f104b73867606c1248578ffhttps://sacoronavirus.co.za/live-counter/https://www.timeslive.co.za/https://rekord.co.zahttps://www.citizen.co.za/https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/https://www.sowetanlive.co.za/https://www.iol.co.za/the-star--------------------------------------------
https://twitter.com/miamalan/status/1463846528578109444https://twitter.com/Tuliodna-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
weekly hospital admissions
S.Africa,599,554,536,628,1215,1802
Gauteng,132,127,143,303,821,1130 (1,71,201,827,1130)
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10229159/South-Africa-new-red-travel-list-early-TOMORROW-fears-mutant-strain.html'worst-ever' super-mutant Covid variant that will make vaccines at least 40 per cent 'less effective'
South Africa, Namibia, Lesotho, Botswana, Eswatini and Zimbabwe ; emerged in Botswana
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We estimate that 90% of the cases in Gauteng (at least 1000 a day are this variant,
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A57V , del 69-70 , T95I , G142D , del 143-145 , N211I , L212V , RE , V213P , R214E , G339D
S371L , S373P , S375F , K417N , N440K , G445S , S477N , T478K , E484K , Q493R
G496S , Q498R , N501Y , Y505H , T547K , D614G , H655Y , N679K , P681N , N784K
D796Y , N856K , Q954H , N969K , L981F
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spike:
A67V
del 69-70
T95I
G142D
del 143-145
N211I
L212V_RE
V213P
R214E
G339D
S371L
S373P
S375F
K417N
N440K
G446S
S477N
T478K
E484A
Q493R
G496S
Q498R
N501Y
Y505H
T547K
D614G
H655Y
N679K
P681H
N764K
D796Y
N856K
Q954H
N969K
L981F
E:T9I
M:D3G
M:Q19E
M:A63T
N:P13L
N:del 31-33
N:R203K
N:G204R
orf1ab :
PL:K38R
PL:L862LF
PL:V1069I
PL:del 1265
PL:L1266I
PL:A1892T
nsp4:T492I
3CL:P132H
nsp6:F34FL
nsp6:F35FILV
nsp6:del 105-107
nsp6:I189V
RdRP:P323L
nsp14:I42V
nsp15:F122FILV
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available genomes up to 10 mutations apart.
available genomes up to 10 mutations apart.
“Omicron did not descend from previously identified "variant" viruses and instead,
their closest evolutionary connection is to mid-2020 viruses” writes @trvrb
The WHO has named it "omicron," and classified it as the worst variant yet,
both in transmissibility and virulence.
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Dr. Angelique Coetzee, chair of the South African Medical
Association and a practising GP based in Pretoria, said it
was "premature" to make predictions of a health crisis.
"It's all speculation at this stage. It may be it's highly
transmissable but so far the cases we are seeing are
extremely mild," she said.
"Maybe two weeks from now I will have a different opinion
but this is what we are seeing. So are we seriously worried ?
No. We are concerned and we watch what's happening.
But for now we're saying "OK; there's a whole hype out there,
[We're] not sure why."
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Belgium in an unvaccinated young adult woman who developed mild
flu-like symptoms 11 days after travelling to Egypt via Turkey.
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https://www.citizen.co.za/news/covid-19/2931496/new-covid-variant-more-transmissible/Minister of Health Dr Joe Phahlaa
The NICD reported no unusual symptoms have been reported on those infected with
the B.1.1.529 variant, and as with other variants, some people infected with the variant
are asymptomatic as well.
https://www.sowetanlive.co.za/news/south-africa/2021-11-26-covid-19-hospital-admissions-rise-in-gauteng-as-new-variant-rocks-sa/https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_South_Africaprovincial health department of Gauteng gives daily numbers
of cases and hospitalisations
NICD : national infectious ...
https://www.nicd.ac.za/latest-confirmed-cases-of-covid-19-in-south-africa-26-november-2021/-------------------------------------------------
Nov 23
#COVID19 UPDATE: A total of 40,791 tests were conducted in the last 24hrs,
with 868 new cases, which represents a 2.1% positivity rate. A further 51#COVID19
related deaths have been reported, bringing total fatalities to 89,635 to date.
See more here:
http://ow.ly/MZkr50GUFMcNov 22 The @nicd_sa
has observed an increase in the 7-day moving average for new COVID-19 cases
and the percentage testing positive in Gauteng, particularly in Tshwane
amongst 10 – 29 year old's over the past week. Read more here
Additionally, the NICD has recently identified a cluster amongst the 20 – 44 age
group at an institute of higher education in Tshwane
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cases Oct24-Nov27 :
http://magictour.free.fr/zaf2d.GIF--------------------------------------------------
SA-doctor about omicron symptoms :
intense fatigue and a six-year-old child with a very high pulse rate, she said.
None suffered from a loss of taste or smell.
mostly healthy men who turned up “feeling so tired”.
About half of them were unvaccinated.
her patients were all healthy and she was worried the new variant
could still hit older people – with co-morbidities such as diabetes
or heart disease – much harder.
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only 30 hospital admissions yesterday !
https://www.nicd.ac.za/latest-confirmed-cases-of-covid-19-in-south-africa-27-november-2021/almost as last week, down from 58,98,60
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"We’re seeing a marked change in the demographic profile of patients with COVID-19,”
Rudo Mathivha, head of the intensive care unit at Soweto’s Baragwanath Hospital
Young people, in their 20s to just over their late 30s, are coming in with moderate
to severe disease, some needing intensive care. About 65% are not vaccinated and
most of the rest are only half-vaccinated,”
What looked like a cluster infection among some university students in Pretoria
ballooned into hundreds of new cases and then thousands, first in the capital city
and then to nearby Johannesburg,
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said Dr. Graham Snyder, medical director ...
Professor Andrew Pollard, the director of the Oxford Vaccine Group, also said existing
vaccines should work against the new strain,
“It’s extremely unlikely that a reboot of a pandemic in a vaccinated population
like we saw last year (with the Delta variant) is going to happen,” he told BBC radio.
The National Coronavirus Command Council (NCCC) met Saturday to discuss
possible measures, while weighing the impact any moves will have on the
economy, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the talks aren’t public.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_newspapers_in_South_Africahttps://www.sowetanlive.co.za/https://www.iol.co.za/the-starhttps://www.timeslive.co.za/https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/south-africa/2021-11-27-young-people-bearing-brunt-of-covid-19-resurgence-icu-doctor-warns/https://www.citizen.co.za/https://www.citizen.co.za/news/covid-19/2931662/astrazeneca-jab-scientist-says-vaccines-should-work-against-omicron/https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/40% of vaccinated Malaysians received Sinovac, which has much higher breakthrough
infection risk than Pfizer and AZ.
The two positive #Omicron cases were asymptomatic and fully vaccinated.
They were amongst fourteen people from southern Africa who arrived on Qatar
Airways flight QR908, Doha to Sydney,
Four (4) cases of the new variant, omicron, and all were fully vaccinated.
Boris Johnson says omicron can spread rapidly and affect those who are double vaccinated
South Africa's health minister says on Nov26 , based on a small sample of Omicron cases,
the majority of hospital patients are unvaccinated: "It indicates that the vaccines are
providing protection"
Currently there are around 1.000 confirmed/suspected Omicron cases.
COVID has a hospitalization rate of around 4%, CFR of around 0.8% in some countries.
Drosten geht davon aus, dass Impfstoffe auch gegen omicron schützen.
noch nicht sicher nachgewiesen, dass die neue Variante auch ansteckender ist.
keine Hinweise darauf, dass das Virus schwerere Krankheitsverläufe auslösen kann
Unterbinden von Flugverbindungen ... gerechtfertigt
Klaus Stöhr hält Reisebeschränkungen für sinnlos und beruhigt:
Die Impfstoffe wirkten auch gegen mutierte Coronaviren.
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Most were men aged under 40. Just under half were vaccinated.
They also had mild muscle aches, a “scratchy throat” and dry cough, she said.
Only a few had a slightly high temperature.
These very mild symptoms were different to other variants,
which gave more severe symptoms.
Coetzee alerted health officials of a “clinical picture that doesn’t fit Delta”
on November 18, when she received the first seven of her 30-odd patients.
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Coetzee - video :
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/11/update-south-african-doctor-discovered-omitron-variant-says-nothing-worry-mild-symptoms-video/?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=PostTopSharingButtons&utm_campaign=websitesharingbuttonsModerna chief medical officer Paul Burton said he suspects the new Omicron
coronavirus variant may elude current vaccines, and if so, a reformulated shot
could be available early in 2022.
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No new Covid-19 restrictions will be imposed but the government has set up
a task team to explore the possibility of mandatory vaccines,
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Sunday. 2021-11-28
The country will remain on coronavirus alert level 1 for now.
[because of vaccines]
The ministerial advisory committee has suggested booster doses for the older
population and those with immunodeficiencies, on the recommendation of doctors.
Ramaphosa said both a fourth wave and new variants were expected by scientists.
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health minister Phaahia calls for vaccinations, but no mentioning of evidence that
the vaccine still works
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Großbritannien hat wegen der sich ausbreitenden Omikron-Variante des Coronavirus
ein außerplanmäßiges Treffen der G7-Gesundheitsminister einberufen.
Es findert nach Angaben der Regierung in London bereits heute statt.
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Barry Schoub, the head of South Africa’s Ministerial Advisory Committee of SA..
@sailorrooscout
“I think what we can be pretty comfortable… that the vaccine will still prevent serious disease,” he said. “That I think we are pretty sure about. How effective it will be in preventing milder disease —
that we’ve still got to understand.”
https://timesofisrael.com/s-african-expehttps://www.timesofisrael.com/s-african-expert-downplays-threat-from-omicron-we-wont-have-a-severe-epidemic/-------------------------------------------------------
On FTN, @ScottGottliebMD says: "If you talk to people in vaccine circles, people who are
working on a vaccine, they have a pretty good degree of confidence that a boosted
vaccine — so, three full doses of vaccine — is going to be fairly protective against
this new variant."
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The "vast majority" of Covid-19 patients recently admitted to hospital were unvaccinated,
and most were younger adults
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private general practitioner (GP) Dr Unben Pillay told a department of health virtual media
briefing that in the past 10 days, GPs started seeing “a sharp increase in cases of patients
presenting with flu-like symptoms: dry cough, fever, night sweat and general body pains”.
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WHO also weighed in on effectiveness of earlier infection against Omicron, noting that
early evidence suggests an increased risk of reinfection.
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the WHO said corticosteroids and IL6 receptor blockers are still effective for treating
patients with severe COVID-19,
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